The MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST keeps storming forward and begins 1 of 4 shows in the UK, on November 2nd in London! Check out the tour flyer above for the dates, venues and cities.
Legendary vocalists (and former MSG members) Gary Barden, Graham Bonnet and Robin McAuley will be performing with the guitar icon, aka Michael Schenker! Metal Be Thy Name! – Stone
For more info: Michael Schenker
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CANNIBAL CORPSE will kick off their US headlining tour in support of their upcoming Red Before Black full-length next week. The tour will commence on November 3rd and run through December 8th with support provided by Power Trip and Gatecreeper. See all confirmed dates below.
Many words come to mind when you hear the name CANNIBAL CORPSE, but one truly defines the soon-to-be thirty-year death metal veterans: Unstoppable. Produced by Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal, Goatwhore), Red Before Black, the band’s fourteenth album, serves to not only reiterate this but to once more raise the stakes, making it very clear who sets the standard when it comes to always compelling music that is equally brutal and complex.
Moreover, the band have pushed themselves again, ensuring that it stands out from their catalog. “Throughout our career we’ve tried to improve the precision of both our musical execution and our album production, while still maintaining full-on aggression. Red Before Black continues in that direction, but might go even further on the aggressive side of things,” asserts bassist Alex Webster. “It’s definitely precise, but it has a rawness to it that goes beyond anything we’ve done recently.”
“We really worked super hard crafting these songs, practicing them, and getting them where we wanted to be more so than on any of our previous albums,” adds drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz. “And as Alex said, musically I think it’s the rawest sound we’ve had – and at the same time I think it’s our most focused, tightest and catchiest record.”
Red Before Black will see release on November 3rd via Metal Blade Records. Preorder bundles are currently available at metalblade.com/cannibalcorpse where you can also preview the title track as well as the band’s video for “Code Of The Slashers.”
CANNIBAL CORPSE w/ Power Trip, Gatecreeper:
http://www.cannibalcorpse.net
http://www.facebook.com/cannibalcorpse
http://www.twitter.com/CorpseOfficial
http://www.metalblade.com/cannibalcorpse
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GOATWHORE will join 1349 and label mates Tombs for a short run of live dates leading up to their performance at this year’s edition of Ozzfest Meets Knotfest in San Bernardino, California. The band will kick off the journey with a warm up show in Lafayette, Louisiana Friday, October 27th before joining 1349 and Tombs in Memphis, Tennessee for six shows, including three supporting Kreator.
In February, GOATWHORE will take to the seas on the 2018 edition of 70000 Tons Of Metal, the world’s biggest heavy metal cruise with additional live dates to be announced in the coming months before heading overseas for a month-long trek with Sepultura, Obscura, and Fit For An Autopsy. See all confirmed dates below.
GOATWHORE w/ 1349, Tombs:
End Tour
2/1-5/2018 70000 Tons Of Metal – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
w/ Sepultura, Obscura, Fit For An Autopsy:
GOATWHORE is touring in support of latest full-length, Vengeful Ascension, released in June via Metal Blade Records. Their seventh full-length offering and second recorded reel-to-reel, Vengeful Ascension was captured at Earth Analog in Tolono, Illinois with longtime soundman and comrade Jarrett Pritchard (1349, Gruesome).
The critically lauded offering toppled Billboard charts upon its first week of release earning the #4 spot on Billboard’s Heatseeker Albums chart, #6 on the Hard Rock Album Sales chart, #11 on the Independent Albums chart, #16 on the Hard Rock Albums chart, #18 on the Rock Album Sales chart, #49 on the Top 200 Current Albums chart, and #59 on the Top 200 Albums chart making it the band’s highest charting album to date! In Canada the record was met with equal accolades debuting at #19 on the Hard Music chart and #145 on the Top Albums chart.
Vengeful Ascension is out NOW on Metal Blade Records on CD, vinyl, and digital formats. To preview and purchase the record visit metalblade.com/goatwhore.
“The album roars with the classic GOATWHORE sound of searing shredding and screams of rage. The material also tries some new things, tossing in a bit of blackened atmosphere, adding to the philosophical questions the music dives into.” – Alternative Press’ 10 Best Metal Albums Of 2017 So Far
“Turning frowns upside down with metal steeped in gloom isn’t supposed to be a thing, but in incorporating more classic influences, GOATWHORE has (in)advertently offered Vengeful Ascension as a link between battle jackets and monk robes. 8/10″ – Decibel Magazine
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Source: Earsplit PR
* For more GOATWHORE:
http://www.facebook.com/thegoat666
http://www.twitter.com/goatwhorenola
http://www.youtube.com/Goatwhorenola666
http://www.metalblade.com/goatwhore
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From POP Evil facebook:
POP EVIL – The last remaining dates have been announced for our November / December run! All tickets on SALE NOW! Don’t forget we have a few later this month NOT to many tickets left!!
Get tickets here:
www.popevil.com
Remaining October Dates:
Wed/Oct 25 MORGANTOWN, WV at State Theatre
Fri/Oct 27 DESTIN, FL at Club L.A.
Sat/Oct 28 FT MYERS, FL at 93XFM HALLOWEEN SHOW
November/December Dates:
Thu/Nov 16 Lexington, KY at Manchester Music Hall
Fri/Nov 17 Dayton, OH at Oddbody’s
Sat/Nov 18 ***Cleveland, OH at House of Blues Cleveland
Mon/Nov 20 Pittsburgh, PA at Jergels
Tue/Nov 21 Joliet, IL at The Forge
Wed/Nov 22 Waterloo, IA at Spicoli’s Rockade – Live Music and Bar Arcade
Fri/Nov 24 Evansville, IN at KC’s Time Out Lounge and Grill
Sat/Nov 25 Springfield, MO at The Regency Live
Sun/Nov 26 Huntsville, AL at Sammy T’s Music Hall
Tue/Nov 28 *Johnson City, TN at Capone’s
Wed/Nov 29th Nashville, TN at The Exit Inn
Fri/Dec 01 **Belvidere, IL at The Apollo Theatre AC
Sat/Dec 02 **Lincoln, NE at The Bourbon
++Please Note some markets DED* & Lionize** aren’t on. ***Both aren’t on…
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GRAHAM BONNET BAND will be touring the USA this coming December and into January of 2018! Check out the tour dates on the tour flyer above and hopefully GBB will be in your area!
GRAHAM BONNET BAND are touring in support of their exemplary new studio album released via Frontiers Records: The Book. The iconic voice of Graham Bonnet shall never be duplicated and his enormous place in Hard Rock history is forever cemented, with fronting the likes of these legendary bands: Alkatrazz, Rainbow, Impellitteri and Michael Schenker Group. This is BIG news, my fellow Classic and Hard Rock brethren! Metal Be Thy Name. – Stone
* For more band info, click below:
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California’s Gore F’n Metal warriors, EXHUMED, head out on the road with ARKAIK beginning on November 15th, in San Diego at Brick By Brick. EXHUMED are touring in support of their newly released studio (concept) album: Death Revenge. Take a gander at the tour flyer above to see if EXHUMED is heading to your gore infested area. Metal Be Thy Name. – Stone
Bud Burke – lead guitar, vocals
Matt Harvey – vocals, guitar
Mike Hamilton – drums
Ross Sewage – bass, vocals
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From the Carach Angren facebook:
In a little over three weeks we will be haunting the USA again together with Children Of Bodom, Lost Society and Uncured!
Besides the dates on the poster we will do a couple of headline shows:
11/04 Temecula CA – The Boiler Room
11/06 Portland OR – Bossa Nova Ballroom
11/09 Vernon BC – Status Night Club
11/20 Columbus OH – Alrosa Villa
11/23 Washington DC – The Pinch
See you all soon!
New album and merch here: www.carachangrenstore.com
* For more Carach Angren:
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From Metal Blade Records:
We are very excited to welcome Hamferð from the Faroe Islands to the Metal Blade roster! The band will be releasing a new album in 2018.
Hamferð comments: “We’re thrilled and proud to announce that we have signed a recording agreement with Metal Blade Records! Since we started out back in 2008 we have worked closely with our local label TUTL. The cooperation has been rewarding and our ties will not be severed completely. However, for the upcoming album and in the future we felt it was time to work with an internationally renowned metal label to hopefully help take Hamferð to the next level as a band. We feel positive and confident about Metal Blade’s setup and their commitment towards quality as the label houses many of our favorite artists and has released a ton of groundbreaking releases. Their legacy and dedication to metal music is vital. Our new record has been a long time coming. Needless to say, we are extremely excited to finally set it up for release!”
About Hamferð:
Hamferð refers to an apparition: the image of a person facing death, appearing before his or her loved ones as an omen.
“Faroese doom metal” is a powerful sound. Exclusive to this self-styled tag is Hamferð. For a near decade, the funeral dressed sextet has been casting a unique expression rooted in conceptual tragedy and intense, narrative doom metal.
“Hamferð is heavily inspired by our natural surroundings and our cultural heritage. Those aspects combine into unique feelings and atmospheres which we attempt to describe through our music”, comments guitarist Theodor Kapnas.
Faroese history and folklore are mixed together with grand atmospheres, a trademark that has earned worldwide attention. Stages at festivals such as Inferno, Midgardsblot, Tuska, Summer Breeze, Wacken and many more have been turned into funerary ceremonies. Touring with bands like Amorphis and Moonsorrow has further garnered the band a respected reputation due to strong yet solemn live performances.
The lyrical and conceptual approach is ambitious in scope. People are drawn to it, even though the band sings in their native tongue, Faroese. With a highly engaging idea concerning lyrics and songwriting, the hour has arrived to close a conceptual trilogy which commenced with the 2010 EP Vilst er siðsta fet, continued with the internationally acclaimed 2013 full-length album Evst, and is now concluded with the new album, soon to be announced.
Hamferð line-up:
Jon Aldara – Vocals
John Egholm – Guitar
Theodor Kapnas – Guitar
Isak Petersen – Bass
Esmar Joensen – Keyboards
Remi Johannesen – Drums
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Switzerlands’ Hard Rock warriors, aka SHAKRA, are releasing a new studio album on November 10th, via AFM Records: Snakes & Ladders. P.S… this album is scalding and smokin’ Hard Rock!! – Stone
PRE-ORDER SHAKRAS‘ NEW ALBUM “SNAKES & LADDERS” NOW! FIRST SINGLE OUT NOW! CHECK OUT THE VIDEO!
Pre-Order Link Switzerland: https://lnk.to/SnakesAndLadders
Pre-Order Link Europe:
http://promo.afm-records.de/de/shakra
Pre Order Link Worldwide:
http://promo.afm-records.de/en/shakra
Vocals: Mark Fox
Guitar: Thom Blunier
Guitar: Thomas Muster
bass: Dominik Pfister
Drums: Roger Tanner
* For more info on SHAKRA: Shakra
Source:
https://www.afm-records.de/en/
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Finnish Death Metal trio DESOLATE SHRINE will release new album Deliverance from the Godless Void November 10 on Dark Descent Records. The album’s opening track, “The Primordial One,” is streaming below and at https://youtu.be/4q2Ua5RV-pI
It may be DESOLATE SHRINE’s fourth album (third on Dark Descent Records) in six years, but the band shows no sign of fatigue on their newest opus. The band continues to erase the already thin line existing between Black, Death and Doom and once again come out of the abyss with their own instantly recognizable style.
Recorded during 2016 with the same core trio since 2011’s debut Tenebrous Towers, this new beast, while no less epic than its predecessors (three of the seven songs featured here are at over eight minutes long) is even more textured and tortured while at the same time highly atmospheric. And while a track like “Unmask the Face of False” may be the heaviest and slowest they’ve ever done, that doesn’t prevent “Demonic Evocation Prayer” from being transfigured by hellish blast beats either. Still, as with each of their albums, DESOLATE SHRINE‘s latest full-length is to be considered like one big entity, almost like a ceremony if you will, one that demands to be experienced from beginning to end without interruption.
The album artwork was created by L.L. Dan Lowndes – mastered Deliverance from the Godless Void at Resonance Sound Studio.
TRACK LIST:
LINE-UP:
L.L. – All instruments
M.T. – Vocals, lyrics
R.S. – Vocals
* For more info:
www.facebook.com/desolateshrine/
darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com
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Italian Folk Power Metal band Elvenking will unleash their new studio album “Secrets Of The Magick Grimoire” on November 10th. Prepare for ELVENKING‘s most epic release ever!
Pre-order: http://bit.ly/2xjJvGM
Source:
https://www.afm-records.de/en/
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From Frontiers Music srl:
Two new songs and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the new Sweet & Lynch album is available for your enjoyment! New album, UNIFIED out November 10th!
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Stone Says: Michael Sweet and George Lynch have done it again! These 2 new songs are super, fantastic and addicting ear candy! Whoa.
“Afterlife” (lyric) https://youtu.be/ErnZeGPHNRI
“Promised Land” (audio) https://youtu.be/C3KsWifXpdA
Behind-The-Scenes https://youtu.be/bgAi7p5msg8
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Finnish Heavy Metal cult band OZ is back! More than five years after the re-start of their career with the ”Burning Leather” release, the band led my founding member and drummer Mark Ruffneck finally delivers the anticipated new studio album (their first all new songs album since 1991!), titled “Transition State” (out October 20th). And OZ doesn’t fail to impress with thirteen cracking and fresh, traditional Metal tracks of immensely high quality. Even though Ruffneck is the last remaining member left from the original line-up, OZ are as strong as ever and continue to haunt you with the relentless, uncompromising sound they are known for!
OZ line-up:
Mark Ruffneck – Drums & Percussion
Vince Kojvula – Vocals
Johnny Gross – Guitar
Juzzy Kangas – Guitar
Peppy Peltola – Bass
Transition State – Track List:
1. Bone Crusher
2. Restless
3. Heart Of A Beast
4. Drag You To Hell
5. Whore Of Babylon (Bonus Track)
6. The Witch
7. In A Shadow Of A Shotgun
8. Never Close Your Eyes
9. The Mountain
10. Demonized
11. We’ll Never Die
12. Sister Red (Bonus Track)
13. Midnight Screams (Bonus Track)
Press Release Source:
Pre-order: https://shop.afm-records.de/oz/
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HATEBREED will embark on their 20 Years Of Desire / 15 Years Of Perseverance Tour this October 26th, in Houston Texas! Special guests are: DYING FETUS, CODE ORANGE and TWITCHING TONGUES. Check out the tour dates, cities and venues below and… Metal Be Thy Name! – Stone
10/26 Houston, TX Proof Bar
10/27 Dallas, TX Gas Monkey Bar
10/28 Toluca De Lerdo, MX Knotfest Mexico
11/22 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance
11/24 Worcester, MA The Palladium
11/25 Philadelphia, PA TLA
11/26 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage
11/27 Greensboro, NC Arizona Pete’s
11/29 St. Petersburg, FL The State Theatre
11/30 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
12/01 Louisville, KY Diamond Pub Concert Hall
12/02 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
12/03 Chicago, IL Metro
12/05 Detroit, MI The Majestic
12/06 Toronto, ON Opera House
12/07 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom
12/08 New Haven, CT Toad’s Place
12/09 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
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* For band info, click on links below:
Twitching Tongues
Hatebreed, Dying Fetus, Code Orange
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From the Destruction facebook:
In 2007, DESTRUCTION proved how successful re-recording some of their timeless classics and re-imagining history could be. The follow-up to 2007’s Thrash Anthems is ready to rock the Metal world and shows how fans can be part of both a band’s history and future. For Thrash Anthems II, DESTRUCTION called upon on their loyal fans through PledgeMusic to help them create the record and contribute to the band’s epic history.
Mastermind Schmier states:
“As it is a part of our past to relaunch classic songs from our history with a fresh face and we had many demands on a Thrash Anthems continuation, we decided to do a second part of this re-animation of classic 80s DESTRUCTION material. For us it was important to choose the tracks with the fans and first when NB did not wanna do the album, we decided to do a pledge campaign to raise the funds for the production, together with the die hards.
To make a long story short, we know not everybody will like these new versions of those thrash evergreens (just listen to the originals then) but it was an important task for us to keep them alive for a whole new generation of metalheads that love those fresh and brutal new recordings. We are very happy now, that our label is finally releasing this collection of thrash classics. The vibe on this record is so vicious, uncommercial and has this 80s feeling with an even more aggressive edge and THAT is was made our THRASH so special, in the good old days and now!”
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Pre-order Thrash Anthems II here: http://nblast.de/DestructionTAIINB
* For more band info:
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Canadian Thrash Metal warriors, ANNIHILATOR, will be releasing For The Demented, their 16th studio album, on November 3rd via Neverland Music/Silver Lining Music.
Jeff Waters (vocals, guitar)
Fabio Alessandrini (drums)
Rich Hinks (bass)
Aaron Homma (guitar)
For The Demented – Track Listing:
01. Twisted Lobotomy
02. One To Kill
03. For The Demented
04. Pieces of You
05. The Demon You Know
06. Phantom Asylum
07. Altering The Alter
08. The Way
09. Dark
10. Not All There
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For more band info:
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It’s finally official: HammerFall is coming back to North America next year! A full headline tour with legends Flotsam and Jetsam as special guests, see all the dates below.
“This is on you, North American fans”, exclaims guitarist Oscar Dronjak, “the last tour we did was so amazing on all levels that we couldn’t wait to return!”
Get your tickets here: http://enterthevault.com/artist.php?id=667, and don’t forget that the VIP meet & greet will be with both bands.
MAY
17 Ft Lauderdale, FL Kelsey Theater
18 Orlando, FL The Haven
19 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
20 Raleigh, NC Motorco
22 Baltimore, MD Soundstage
23 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero Theater
24 New York City, NY Gramercy Theater
25 Worcester, MA Palladium
26 Albany, NY Upstate Concert Hall
27 Quebec City, QC, Canada Le Cercle
28 Montreal, QC, Canada FouFounes Eléctric
29 Toronto, ON, Canada Opera House
31 Pittsburgh, PA Rex Theater
JUNE
1 Cleveland, OH Agora Theater
2 Louisville, KY Diamonds
3 Detroit, MI Harpos
4 Joliet, IL The Forge
5 Minneapolis, MN The Cabooze
7 Calgary, AB, Canada Dickens
8 Edmonton, AB, Canada Starlite Room
9 Vancouver, BC, Canada Rickshaw
10 Seattle, WA El Corazon
11 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater
13 San Francisco, CA The Chapel
14 Los Angeles Whiskey A Gogo
15 Anaheim, CA The Grove
16 AZ Marquee Theater
18 Dallas, TX Trees
19 San Antonio, TX Rock Box
20 Houston, TX Scout Bar
Source:
https://www.afm-records.de/en/
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One of Europe’s leading and most popular Prog Metal acts is finally back: Norway’s Communic Official have made a lasting impression on the scene with their previous four studio albums “Conspiracy In Mind” (2005), “Waves Of Visual Decay” (2006), “Payment Of Existance” (2008) and “The Bottom Deep” (2011), which all have been released by Nuclear Blast. Critical acclaim follows COMMUNIC since day one and a devoted worldwide fan base is hotly anticipating the release of the first COMMUNIC album since six years.
With “Where Echoes Gather”, the band impressively confirms and underlines its exceptional status. COMMUNIC’s first album for AFM is nothing short of another dark and atmospheric masterpiece, created by the very same three guys who founded the band back then. COMMUNIC’s characteristic mixture of prog, power and thrash sounds as fresh and relevant as ever and will amaze the band’s countless fans to the fullest.
“Where Echoes Gather” will be available as Digipak and ltd colored Vinyl (250 units gold, 250 red/marbled).
Pre-order here: http://bit.ly/2x5a6sz
Cover artwork painted by artist Eliran Kantor (Testament, Sodom, Iced Earth).
Track Listing:
Digipak
01. The Pulse of the Earth (Part 1 – The Magnetic Center)
02. The Pulse of the Earth (Part 2 – Impact Of The Wave)
03. Where Echoes Gather (Part 1 – Beneath The Giant)
04. Where Echoes Gather (Part 2 – The Underground Swine)
05. Moondance
06. Where History Lives
07. Black Flag of Hate
08. The Claws Of The Sea (Part 1 – Journey Into The Source)
09. The Claws Of The Sea (Part 2 – The First Moment)
Bonus Tracks:
10. Watching It All Disappear (Live In Studio 2017)
11. At Dewy Prime (Live In Studio 2017)
12. Waves Of Visual Decay (Acoustic Live Version – 10th Anniversary Concert)
Vinyl
Side A
01. The Pulse of the Earth (Part 1 – The Magnetic Center)
02. The Pulse of the Earth (Part 2 – Impact of The Wave)
03. Where Echoes Gather (Part 1 – Beneath The Giant)
04. Where Echoes Gather (Part 2 – The Underground Swine)
05. Moondance
Side B
06. Where History Lives
07. Black Flag of Hate
08. The Claws Of The Sea (Part 1 – Journey Into The Source)
09. The Claws Of The Sea (Part 3 – The First Moment)
Source:
https://www.afm-records.de/en/
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The super legendary ACCEPT have once again busted onto the album charts worldwide with their new studio album of Metal: The Rise Of Chaos. I’m beyond pleased to see that ACCEPT invaded the charts in the USA! Take a look at the chart info above and see how ACCEPT ranked in your country (if listed). Metal Be Thy Name! – Stone
Wolf Hoffmann – Guitar
Peter Baltes – Bass
Mark Tornillo – Vocals
Christopher Williams – Drums
Uwe Lulis – Guitar
ACCEPT released their brand new album THE RISE OF CHAOS on August 4th via Nuclear Blast.
Get your copy here: http://nblast.de/AcceptRiseOfChaosNB
Order: nuclearblast.com/accept-restlesslive
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The legendary AUTOGRAPH will be releasing their new and highly anticipated studio album, “Get Off Your Ass”, via EMP Label Group. Available in stores on Oct 6th! Pre-Order NOW at EMPMerch.com!
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From EMP Label Group:
The wait is over Autograph fans! GET OFF YOUR ASS and pre-order the new (and first in 14 YEARS) studio album from AUTOGRAPH direct from EMP Label Group! Available on CD, Limited Edition Deluxe Colored (Blue Splatter) vinyl, and in several bundle configurations.
Pre-order now, at the links below or from empmerch.com, and for a limited time get a FREE immediate download of title track and first single “Get Off Your Ass”!!! (The download will appear as a link on your checkout confirmation page. DO NOT miss it, as we cannot retrieve it if you do. If you order a bundle/variable item ONLY, you will receive a confirmation email with the link.)
http://bit.ly/AutographCD
http://bit.ly/AutographCDBundle
http://bit.ly/AutographLP
http://bit.ly/AutographDeluxeBundle
If that wasn’t motivation enough, everyone who orders in the first week, is automatically entered to win a SIGNED VINYL LP TEST PRESSING of the LP, the ACTUAL test pressing used to approve the final album! Pre-order now and be entered to win a piece of AUTOGRAPH HISTORY!!!
* For more band info:
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